Having a blast with this! Funny that I probably never would have heard of FTL if I didnt visit Blues as often as I do..

Thanks for the heads up on this one everyone =)

Tumbler wrote on Sep 15, 2012, 00:54:Haven't had time to play this in a few days. Glad to see everyone enjoying it. I bought the Wrath of Khan on blu ray the other day, I think I'll get that movie rolling then play this on the laptop...see how that feels.

Haven't had time to play this in a few days. Glad to see everyone enjoying it. I bought the Wrath of Khan on blu ray the other day, I think I'll get that movie rolling then play this on the laptop...see how that feels.

Well that was thoroughly enjoyable. And hard as balls. Here I am cruising along laying waste to all the enemies before me, on easy, and I run into a cruiser that tears me a new one and ends the game. For the love of god why didn't I run? I actually verbally shouted noooooooo when I died I was so into it.

Love the soundtrack. With all the shit going on I never even noticed the 90's era sprite graphics.

Prez wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 21:56:I bought the game at the website - as much as I love Steam the devs deserve the cash more than Valve does.

I dont see how all the money could goto the devs since they also provide a steam key. Although i did buy mine from the devs for the added options.

The way I understand it, a developer pays Valve a flat fee to have their game on Steam, but they don't pay one per copy sold on their own website or other retailers. There is a fee Valve takes from each version sold via Steam though. I got this from an indie developer I'm friends with but I have no way of vetting it so take it or leave it.

Thanks for the info. I falsely assumed that because they were possibly going to be using steam's bandwidth that they must be on a per key sale. Now that i think about it, going the Walmart approach with volume business makes more sense. I'd be very curious to see valve's monthly bandwidth usage and costs, although i'm sure that will never happen for obvious reasons. Either way FTL is good fun and worth 9$.

Julio wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 20:54:FTL is also on GOG. I'd rather support GOG (drm free) than Steamware.

Then you should buy directly from the devs which gives the DRM-free file plus a Steam key and all the money goes to the devs.

I dont see how all the money could goto the devs since they also provide a steam key. Although i did buy mine from the devs for the added options.

My understanding is that Valve allows devs to generate and hand out free steam keys for their games without charging them for it. But since Steam's terms are confidential, I have no way to verify that.

I bought the game at the website - as much as I love Steam the devs deserve the cash more than Valve does.

I dont see how all the money could goto the devs since they also provide a steam key. Although i did buy mine from the devs for the added options.

The way I understand it, a developer pays Valve a flat fee to have their game on Steam, but they don't pay one per copy sold on their own website or other retailers. There is a fee Valve takes from each version sold via Steam though. I got this from an indie developer I'm friends with but I have no way of vetting it so take it or leave it.

This comment was edited on Sep 14, 2012, 22:22.

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